Bangladesh: Climate-induced challenge to nation's food security

Published 2021년 10월 1일

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Bangladesh's agriculture sector is facing significant challenges due to erratic weather patterns caused by climate change, which have resulted in crop damage and loss. In April, heat waves damaged rice crops worth Tk 3.0 billion across 70,000 hectares of land, signaling larger issues to come. Climate experts predict declines in rice and wheat production by 2050 due to heat-related impacts. The article emphasizes the need for strategic planning and resource allocation to adapt to these environmental changes and protect agriculture. The government's lack of direction in climate adaptation and mitigation efforts, particularly in the face of urgent needs such as protecting agricultural lands from salinity and combating desertification, is called into question.

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A strong indicator of climate change, an erratic weather pattern has, of late, been leaving its harmful impact on the country's agriculture. Heat waves that swept through 36 districts in April this year damaged standing crops, especially, rice, worth Tk 3.0 billion over 70,000 hectares of land. Though the temperature in April usually reaches a maximum of 33 degrees Celsius, this time it was 35 degrees for two days in a row. The extreme heat, also called, heat-stress, affected some other crops including maize, peanut and banana. Considering the magnitude of the damage that just two days' heat wave could do to rice and other crops, it bodes hardly well for life in general and agriculture, in particular, in Bangladesh in the days to come. Climate experts are of the view that unpredictable weather events are going to become a common feature of life. As such, frequent spells of extreme heat along with longer summers, shorter winters, consecutive floods, downpours and droughts, often ...

Source: The Financial Express